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Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Category: Historical Greenpoint

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint, Art, Community, Culture, Eat & Drink, Events, Historical Greenpoint, Services

2nd Annual Greenpoint Arts Block Festival September 26

by Sonya PatelSeptember 11, 2015September 10, 2015

“It is an occasion to see what’s going on the community, meet people who have been there for thirty years and learn about its history and heritage,” says Greenpoint Arts […]

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

Famous Greenpointers: Happy Birthday Mae West!

by Geoff CobbAugust 17, 2015August 16, 2015

Mae West was a renowned stage actress, director, playwright and film star whose career spanned over seven decades. Born on Herbert Street in 1893 to a German mother, Tillie Doelger, with a […]

Posted inArt, Historical Greenpoint

Wanted! Greenpoint Store Owners Willing to be Photographed in Their Store…

by RosieDecember 29, 2014December 29, 2014

Calling all local store owners! Can you spare a few moments to be photographed in your shop? Greenpointers food editor Rosie de Belgeonne is embarking on a photography project with […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint, Historical Greenpoint, Uncategorized

19th Century Developers Gone Wild! History repeats itself on the waterfront.

by Kim MOctober 22, 2014October 22, 2014

Over-zealous waterfront development in Greenpoint is actually pretty old news. Scroll back the hands of time to the mid 1800’s and we’d find a very familiar scenario taking place on […]

Posted inArt, Culture, Historical Greenpoint, Uncategorized

Greenpoint: Fly Your Flag!

by Emily GAugust 8, 2014August 8, 2014

(sponsored) The Brooklyn Flag Project is a call for entries for flag designs that represent the Brooklyn neighborhood that you know and love! We will print and produce the winning […]

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

Forgotten Greenpoint: Wooden Sidewalk on West Street May Become Extinct

by MatthewCJune 4, 2014June 3, 2014

Is one of Greenpoint’s most unexpected features­­­—a stretch of historic wooden block paving on West Street near the Greenpoint Terminal Market—in imminent danger? Many say that this is the last […]

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

What Lurks Under the Pulaski Bridge? A Dose of Greenpoint History

by Ellie RMay 6, 2014May 6, 2014

  “I’m gonna keep you alive, I promise!” says Mai Armstrong, member of Newtown Creek Alliance. It’s Saturday morning – a scorcher, by the way – and a group of […]

Posted inCommunity, Culture, Historical Greenpoint, News

Visiting Hours at the New York State Pavilion

by PeterApril 22, 2014April 22, 2014

This may have happened today in Flushing, Queens, but nevertheless Greenpointers is ON IT.  Today, for a mere three hours, visitors were invited into the remnants of the New York […]

Posted inCulture, Historical Greenpoint

Archival Maps Show “Williamsburgh and Green Point” Circa Early 1800’s

by GinaApril 1, 2014April 3, 2014

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m a total nerd for archival photos and maps. NYPL just released over 20,000 original maps, scanned in high resolution, and available for […]

Posted inCulture, Historical Greenpoint

A Dose of Greenpoint History – The USS Monitor

by GinaFebruary 3, 2014February 3, 2014

Last week, we hit the 152 year anniversary of Jan 30th, 1862, the year Greenpoint staked its claim on history as the site where the ironclad USS Monitor was built […]

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